<p>Subscribers to OpenAI&#8217;s ChatGPT Pro and Plus plans will get access to Sora, OpenAI&#8217;s video generator, starting today — but only if they live in certain countries. During a livestream Monday afternoon, OpenAI revealed key information about Sora, including technical details. The version launching today, called Sora Turbo, can generate clips between 5 seconds and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Sora, OpenAI&#8217;s video generator, is launching Monday — at least for some users. YouTuber Marques Brownlee revealed the news in a video published to his channel this morning. Brownlee got early access to Sora, and gave his initial impressions in a 15-minute review. Sora lives on Sora.com, Brownlee said, the homepage for which shows a [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Sora, OpenAI&#8217;s video generator, is launching Monday — at least for some users. YouTuber Marques Brownlee revealed the news in a video published to his channel this morning. Brownlee got early access to Sora, and gave his initial impressions in a 15-minute review. Sora lives on Sora.com, Brownlee said, the homepage for which shows a [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Perplexity, the AI-powered search engine, is expanding its publisher program, with the LA Times, Adweek, Mexico News Daily, and a dozen other news outlets signing up. Publishers will share in revenue generated by ads on Perplexity, and receive metrics to track their content&#8217;s performance — as long as they don&#8217;t withdraw. &#8220;We would not be [&hellip;]</p>

<p>After weeks of anticipation, some Spotify users are left underwhelmed by the streamer&#8217;s personalized year-in-review feature, Spotify Wrapped — with many even going so far as to call it &#8220;boring&#8221; or a &#8220;flop.&#8221; Chief among the complaints are that Spotify prioritized the inclusion of an AI podcast for Wrapped over the other, clever and creative [&hellip;]</p>

<p>After weeks of anticipation, some Spotify users are left underwhelmed by the streamer&#8217;s personalized year-in-review feature, Spotify Wrapped — with many even going so far as to call it &#8220;boring&#8221; or a &#8220;flop.&#8221; Chief among the complaints are that Spotify prioritized the inclusion of an AI podcast for Wrapped over the other, clever and creative [&hellip;]</p>

<p>DeepMind, Google&#8217;s AI research org, has unveiled a model that can generate an &#8220;endless&#8221; variety of playable 3D worlds. Called Genie 2, the model — the successor to DeepMind&#8217;s Genie, which was released earlier this year — can generate an interactive, real-time scene from a single image and text description (e.g. &#8220;A cute humanoid robot [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Spotify Wrapped, the streamer&#8217;s highly anticipated annual listening recap, has arrived. In addition to its usual personalized summary detailing your favorite artists, songs, podcasts, and more, the company this year is introducing two new features, including most notably an AI-powered podcast of your 2024 Wrapped created with Google&#8217;s AI summarization tool, NotebookLM. Spotify is also [&hellip;]</p>

<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m trying to find holiday gifts for my sisters. I open a bunch of tabs, I want my wife&#8217;s advice.&#8221; That&#8217;s Browser Company CEO, Josh Miller, in his company&#8217;s latest ad for its new AI browser, Dia. Consulting your spouse to find gifts for your siblings is a pure — and dare I say, sweet [&hellip;]</p>

<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m trying to find holiday gifts for my sisters. I open a bunch of tabs, I want my wife&#8217;s advice.&#8221; That&#8217;s Browser Company CEO, Josh Miller, in his company&#8217;s latest ad for its new AI browser, Dia. Consulting your spouse to find gifts for your siblings is a pure — and dare I say, sweet [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Walmart just closed its acquisition of popular television maker Vizio in an effort to boost its advertising business. The acquisition was initially reported back in February; however, it took a few months to complete due to the waiting period under federal regulations.  The all-cash deal is valued at $2.3 billion.&nbsp; With this strategic move, Walmart [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Walmart just closed its acquisition of popular television maker Vizio in an effort to boost its advertising business. The acquisition was initially reported back in February; however, it took a few months to complete due to the waiting period under federal regulations.  The all-cash deal is valued at $2.3 billion.&nbsp; With this strategic move, Walmart [&hellip;]</p>

<p>At its re:Invent conference on Tuesday, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon&#8217;s cloud computing division, announced a new family of multimodal generative AI models it calls Nova. There are four text-generating models in total: Micro, Lite, Pro, and Premier. Micro, Lite, and Pro are available Tuesday to AWS customers, while Premier will arrive in early 2025, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>At its re:Invent conference on Tuesday, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon&#8217;s cloud computing division, announced a new family of multimodal generative AI models it calls Nova. There are four text-generating models in total: Micro, Lite, Pro, and Premier. Micro, Lite, and Pro are available Tuesday to AWS customers, while Premier will arrive in early 2025, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Celeb greetings app Cameo is pivoting to creators with a new product called CameoX. The company became a pandemic hit, as people stuck at home marked various celebrations, like birthdays and graduations, with celebrity shout-outs. It became a tech unicorn valued at $1 billion, but as life returned to normal, Cameo was hit with multiple [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Celeb greetings app Cameo is pivoting to creators with a new product called CameoX. The company became a pandemic hit, as people stuck at home marked various celebrations, like birthdays and graduations, with celebrity shout-outs. It became a tech unicorn valued at $1 billion, but as life returned to normal, Cameo was hit with multiple [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Amazon Music announced on Tuesday the launch of 2024 Delivered, a new personalized yearly recap feature inspired by Spotify’s popular Wrapped experience. The feature delivers a summary of your listening habits, including your top artists, songs, genres, and more.  To see your 2024 Delivered, open the Amazon Music app on your iOS or Android device [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Amazon Music announced on Tuesday the launch of 2024 Delivered, a new personalized yearly recap feature inspired by Spotify’s popular Wrapped experience. The feature delivers a summary of your listening habits, including your top artists, songs, genres, and more.  To see your 2024 Delivered, open the Amazon Music app on your iOS or Android device [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Google&#8217;s video generator is coming to a few more customers — Google Cloud customers, to be precise. On Tuesday, Google announced that Veo, its AI model that can generate short video clips from images and prompts, will be available in private preview for customers using Vertex AI, Google Cloud&#8217;s AI development platform. Google says that [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Google&#8217;s video generator is coming to a few more customers — Google Cloud customers, to be precise. On Tuesday, Google announced that Veo, its AI model that can generate short video clips from images and prompts, will be available in private preview for customers using Vertex AI, Google Cloud&#8217;s AI development platform. Google says that [&hellip;]</p>